Enrollment
132
Middle
DISTRICT 214 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST ANSGAR COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192520001440
St Ansgar Middle School
206 East 8th Street, St Ansgar, IA 50472 · (641) 713-4720 · Mitchell County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL132 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of Iowa public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
36 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 40 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 43 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 37% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 48% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
St Ansgar Middle School→St Ansgar High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within St Ansgar Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
85.8%
IA avg 73.6% . -4.5pp since 2023
Math
93.7%
IA avg 70.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.8% | 93.7% |
| 2023-24 | 90.3% | 88.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
89.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 78% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 11 points, placing it in Iowa's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like St Ansgar Middle School
St Ansgar Middle School's state test result (89.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Ansgar Middle School this school | 132 | 27.3% | 89.2% |
| Clayton Ridge Middle School Guttenberg | 140 | 25.7% | 79.9% |
| West Lyon Junior High School Inwood | 128 | 28.9% | 83.2% |
| Maquoketa Valley Middle School Delhi | 145 | 27.6% | 87.8% |
| Akron Westfield Middle School Akron | 130 | 27.7% | 86.0% |
| Remsen-Union Middle School Remsen | 189 | 28.0% | 77.0% |
Matched among Iowa middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where St Ansgar Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.2% | #8 of 224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.7% | #1 of 224 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.8% | #45 of 224 ▼ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 132 | #213 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.3% | #182 of 237 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
132
+8 (+6%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 200
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 15.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 132 | 6.8 | 19.5:1 | 27% (36) |
| 2023-24 | 126 | 6.8 | 18.5:1 | 21% (27) |
| 2022-23 | 117 | 6.5 | 18.1:1 | 25% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 124 | 8 | 15.5:1 | 20% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 131 | 7.1 | 18.4:1 | 31% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 145 | 10 | 14.5:1 | 32% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 156 | 8 | 19.5:1 | 29% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 239 | 11 | 21.7:1 | 22% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 200 | 12 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St Ansgar Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (131 to 132); teachers down 5% (7.1 to 6.8).
About St Ansgar Middle School
St Ansgar Middle School runs as a very small middle school in St Ansgar, Iowa. It teaches 132 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Iowa enroll about 400 students on average.
The 3 schools of St Ansgar Comm School District, including St Ansgar Middle School, enroll 643 students.
A large majority of enrollment at St Ansgar Middle School is White, at 92%. Other reported shares: 5% Hispanic. Among Mitchell County residents, the White share is about 96%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 14%.
A staff of 6.8 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 19.5:1. The gap from the 15.2:1 average for middle schools in Iowa is 4.3 students per teacher. By family income, 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Mitchell County is similar, at 28%.
On the allk12 Grade, St Ansgar Middle School lands at A+, ahead of 98% of Iowa public middle schools.
Compared with Iowa schools that have similar shares of low-income students, St Ansgar Middle School does better than predicted by 10.8 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 89.2%; the prediction is 78.3%.
In Mitchell County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $71,365, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 6 public schools and about 1,631 students.
The closest school to St Ansgar Middle School is St Ansgar Elementary School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of St Ansgar Middle School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, St Ansgar Middle School is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Remote, or in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school's enrollment rose 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.5:1.
The discussion board for St Ansgar Middle School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Mitchell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,575
Census ACS
Median income
$71,365
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,631 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St Ansgar Comm School District
- St Ansgar Elementary SchoolElementary · 345 students
- St Ansgar High SchoolHigh · 166 students
Other schools in St Ansgar
- St Ansgar Elementary SchoolElementary · 345 students
- St Ansgar High SchoolHigh · 166 students
Nearby schools
- St Ansgar Elementary School0.0 mi · 345
- St Ansgar High School0.0 mi · 166
- Lincoln Elementary School8.0 mi · 405
- Osage High School8.6 mi · 294
- Osage Middle School8.6 mi · 289
- LYLE ELEMENTARY9.4 mi · 125
Frequently asked questions
About St Ansgar Middle SchoolHow large is St Ansgar Middle School?
St Ansgar Middle School enrolls approximately 132 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does St Ansgar Middle School serve?
St Ansgar Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does St Ansgar Middle School have?
St Ansgar Middle School employs 7 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at St Ansgar Middle School?
At St Ansgar Middle School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is St Ansgar Middle School public or private?
St Ansgar Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by St Ansgar Comm School District.
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